Collapsible gun-mount.



GOLLAPSIBLE GUN MOUNT. APPLI UATION FILED AUG. 14, 1909 Patented Dec. .2@3, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lV W. SGNNBERG. GOLLAPSIBLE GUN MOUNT. APPLICATION FILED AUGA 14, 1909,

Pfetemted Bec. 55, 19H.

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HELM SoNNBsreo, o "i'ussia, tresse, m Berroe-iis7 Germany, v and useful ier Coiiepsibie Gimoiie'wing is e 'uii, tion.

. y L resent invention refieres to s e .erts for quick 'Firing guns sueh me "chine goes and the iiiie, :met more portieri ici es enfs or :1i-srry to o sojoijiorts ''or exempie, so siiec tripod supports which con be cerirf i i in Ltolderi op condition or partij;

he g3-resent invention which is porticof i piosoie to the mentioned triise tor its obje/31'; toe piiying and the setting emi folding tothat this be i is possible with :sii'uetioi and eonse or resoiiiee gun in other imown e u ,stijf the quioi' l;

' "ion f very rsjoiciiy brought into my saving i in this respect eefeuie'bie ef'tvantege, because, ss is allows? everything? s eritosi moln lios etien, may -c'epeiid upon the i'spitiity 'wi'ii which machine 3: iiie guns een be brought into eetiori; tiierefore any arrangement which permits bringing e gun more rapieiiy into action 's of greet imp 5 Nori', recording to present invention in order to accelerate ehe setting up of the si eport-taking 'oy wey oi' exemple e tri-- pod sopportmthe :agement is such that a D, ehe :trom 3; by meu' upper 'so the body o the support and are provided W' catch or fastening i the pivoting, point which catch on bring ig; the ieg into faire serzomg position engager with corresponding shoulder formef on the body oiP the support and thus ermelo 'the iroiit legs in its stamim,

'oo with tire ioocii/ oi? the sopjeort so L' 1 '1 v l1- 7' rhetootn supporting ,regs een be oojusreti mieli independently olf each other si:

` Q various seguier positions to beek ieg of the sir-opere oy e. slmpie i or turning which iiiustrete several modicatioris und in Which- Figure is a sirio elevation of the tripod or supportwith s machine gun fitted to it. Fig. H is s vertical section taken through the ripper port of the body oi the support iii which the iegs 'are shown in the locked position. Fig. HI is e vertical section of parte illustrator-gf fr modification in which the fixing of the leg in the standing position is eeeted by a screw independent of the catch. Fig. iV is u similar View illustrating a modification in which the catch forms one piece with the looking lever fixing' the ieg in :i definite position.

Referring to Figs. i end H, and es may be seen more particularly from the istter, both the movable legs y" j sre pivoted` so as "to move in eli directions es on e universal joint7 by their upper parte f to e trunnionlike pivot 7i mounted 1n e supporting socket or bearing .'U" carried by the body v of the support somewhat like a Carden joint. The trm'mions 7e, orming the pivots are heid in 'their bearing; o0 by screw oeps la and' at their outer ends are each provided with en eye to which 'is pivoted the forked, part j et the upper part f of the leg.

For Iixing the leg 'when' in the stonding position with the body of the support, e catch s is provied in combination with the pori; j sind entfages behind e doretsiied segmenoiike simu der e provided st the lower pertof the "body e' of the support.. EAeoorfL mg to the construction shove described this ,esteh s is formed on e serew s inserted im the par; f" an is provided at its outer end with s i'y nut m, which, on screwing up, firmly fixes the ,leg in its position on the body of the support enti prevent/s any egoidentei displacement.

The adjustment of the ieg is eeeted by e p W1 and rack gear 'U2 '12, the mok portion shaped like a bell crank lever, the erm 7e or which extends sione the inside of the ieg, for the purpose of facilitating the mw ni'ouioton The mampulatlon 1s so ef- :ceeted tiiet when setting up the support the letter is raised with one hand While the other hand so grasps the levers one at a time that the pawl lever'c 7c is held in the ldisengaged position as may be seen from the left side of Fig. 2. Then the leg isswung around With its catch s in the direction of the shoulder o so that the nose of the catch enters in the groove intended for it, that is to say the nose of the catch engages behind the outer edge of this shoulder. As soon as the desired position has lbeen reached the lever is released so that it engages by its pawl 7a2 in the corresponding notch of the rack, thereby fixing the leg in this position. As already mentioned the leg'can be secured in this position by tightening up the iy nut m, thereby pressing the nose of the catch s rmly against the corresponding part of the shoulder.

In the form of construction shown at Fig. III the nose o of the catch 0 forms one piece with Athe part f of the leg; that is to say it forms a lower lu or shoulder of the eye through which ,te screw t is passed.

In the modification shown at FigIV the pawl lever and catch are formed in one piece'. .In this case also the pawl lever c c is pivoted. in a recess of the part f and is provided at its upper part with an arm p forming the fixing catch, which arm p, in

the engaging position of the pawl lever,

rests against the inner edge of the downwardly projecting shoulder w of the body of the support. The pawl c2 which meshes in the usual manner with vthe t'oothed rack is in this case arranged in a recess between the arms p and c. Otherwise the pivoting of thelegs is the same as in the arrangements previously described.

Briefiy the following manipulations are performed when setting up the support. The supporting legs are grasped in the manner already described and swung around the segments into the' desired position, the pawl is released, the leg placed on the ground and the support is set up.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by patent is:

15A.y tripod gun mount, comprising a aclaren body, legs connected to said body by a universal joint, means whereby said legs may each be confined to movement in a single plane, and means for securing said legs in position.

2. A tripod gun mount, comprising a body, versal joint, engaging means on said body and legs by which said legs mayeach be Vconnected to said body so as to conne said 'legs to movement ina' single plane, and

means for securing said legs 1n position.

3. A tripod gun mount, comprising a body, versal joint, sheulders on said legs adapted to engage shoulders on said body, whereby said legs are each confined to' movement in a single plane, and means for securing said legs in positio 4. A. tripod gun mount, comprising a body, legs connected to said body by a universal joint, means whereby said legs' may each be confined to movement in a single plane, means for iixin said legs against angular movement, an means for securely fastening said legs. l

5. A tripod lgun mount, com rising a body, legs connected to said body y a universal joint, means wherebyl said legs may each be confined to movement in a single plane. a rack and pawl engagement between said body and legs for xing the angular position of said legs and means for securely clamping said legs in position.

6. A tripod gun mount, comprising' a body, legs articulated to said body, racks and shoulders on said body portiomspring pressed toothed levers upon said legs and adapted to engage said racks, and binding screws having shoulders adapted to. engage the shoulders on said body portions.

In witness lwhereof, I have hereunto legs connected to said body by a unilegs connected to said lbody by a unisigned my nameiinthe presence'of two subscribing witnesses.

WILHELM SONNBERG.

Witnesses z ROBERT Mionmsm, HENRY HAePnn. 

